Quotes related to Psalm 90:12
Do I sing? Oh, I'm indifferent enough, sir, for that; but the reason why the grave-digger made music must have been because there was none in his spade, sir.
— Herman Melville
We'll drink to-night with hearts as light, To loves as gay and fleeting As bubbles that swim, on the beaker's brim, And break on the lips while meeting.
— Herman Melville
But why say more? All men live enveloped in whale- lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.
— Herman Melville
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God's law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it.
— Florence Nightingale
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
— Steve Jobs
In your days - things like this happen to you... You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake, and life whispers to you, "I know you're tired - but I don't want you to miss this."
— Mary Anne Radmacher
When I'm older I'll understand" said Lucy, " I am older and I don't think I want to understand", replied Edmund
— CS Lewis
finding God brings meaning into every moment—I
— Steven James
Live each moment, each precious moment that you have. Live each one as if it were your last. And your first. Miss
— Steven James
What would it look like to live in awe of every moment? To really, really see the terrible splendor, the delicate wonder of life?
— Steven James
The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what's important first.
— Steven Pressfield
The trouble with life in America today is not that we work too much but that our free time is too much engaged in play and amusement so that too little of it is left for the kind of leisure activities that really are the most profitable part of human life.
— Mortimer Adler